Water Infrastructure Engineer I — Municipal Projects

Great Lakes Water Authority; United States; On-site; USD 74,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

Retirement and Retirement Health SAV

First-day benefits eligibility (see HR

Job summary

Great Lakes Water Authority is seeking an Engineer to perform engineering work for municipal projects and to administer the design, implementation, and delivery of consultant and contract services for GLWA’s improvement and expansion programs.

The role includes construction administration, preparing plans and specifications, evaluating bids, attending meetings, and supporting testing, reporting and safety compliance across GLWA facilities and project sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil/sanitary, mechanical, electrical or chemical engineering.
• Current Engineering Senior in their final program year with 91 credits or more (upload transcripts).
• E.I.T. certificate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform construction administration tasks for municipal engineering projects.
• Prepare plans, drawings, specifications and detailed computations for municipal engineering projects.
• Prepare and process emergency plans with water models.
• Prepare requests for proposals and evaluate proposals for consultant contracts.
• Evaluate bids for construction contracts.
• Attend construction meetings.
• Assist with field and design issues on construction of projects.
• Review and enforce consultant work and responses.
• Participate and review all site surveys.
• Oversee and devise testing related to proper maintenance and operation of equipment.
• Assist management with engineering reports and other correspondence.
• Follow safety policies and procedures.
• Provide on the job training.
• Assist in obtaining consultant approvals and in construction contract advertisement.
• Obtain contract number(s) and other required information for consultants and construction contracts.
• Process consultant invoices.
• Prepare requests to approve hiring a consultant.
• Prepare blue sheet updates.
• Perform related work duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in civil/sanitary, mechanical, electrical or chemical engineering

E.I.T. (Engineer in Training) certificate

Job description

Great Lakes Water Authority is seeking an Engineer to perform engineering work for municipal projects and to administer the design, implementation, and delivery of consultant and contract services for GLWA’s improvement and expansion programs.

The role includes construction administration, preparing plans and specifications, evaluating bids, attending meetings, and supporting testing, reporting and safety compliance across GLWA facilities and project sites.